Open up and let it fly: alignment for flop shots

Set up 10 piles of balls in two lines that cross at a right angle. Each pile has enough balls for 3 shots. Place piles 5-40 yards from the hole on grass.

On the green, mark two circles around the hole: a 6-foot circle (bullseye) and a 15-foot circle.

Hit 36 flop shots total. From each pile, hit 3 shots trying to land near the hole.

Split the 36 shots into 2 rounds of

In each round, hit 1 shot from each of the 10 piles, then hit 1 more shot from the first 8 piles.

Score: inside 6 feet = birdie, inside 15 feet = par, outside 15 feet = bogey.

Count how many shots land inside each circle.

Add up your total birdies and pars after 36 shots. Enter your score in the app, out of 36 attempts.

Place 40 balls into 10 piles of 4 balls each, with the piles in two lines of 5 piles. Lines are about 7 yards apart, and piles are about 2 yards apart within each line.

Mark 9 stop zones as a 3-by-3 grid using tees, string, or markers. Zones are about 3 feet apart.

Hit 36 balls in total, aiming to land 4 balls in each of the 9 stop zones.

Hit 4 balls at the first stop zone from any pile, then move to the next zone and hit 4 balls there. Repeat until all 9 zones are done.

Each time a ball stops in the correct zone, count a point.

After 36 shots, add up how many balls landed in the correct zones and enter your score in the app, out of 36 attempts.

Set up two targets on the green about 10 to 15 yards apart.

Get 36 balls and split them into 2 groups of

Hit 18 flop shots from a slope with the ball above your feet, aiming at the first target.

Hit 18 flop shots from a slope with the ball below your feet, aiming at the second target.

Count how many balls land and stop within 3 feet of each target. These are successes.

Keep your ball setup the same for all shots.

After all 36 shots, record how many were successful out of 36 in the app.

Set up 10 piles of balls in two lines. Each line has 5 piles, spaced 3 yards or meters apart.

Put these piles on grass, 5 to 20 yards or meters from the hole, but not on the green.

Mark 3 targets near the green, spaced around the hole (left, center, right).

Hit 36 flop shots in total. Make 3 groups of 12 shots.

For the first group, aim at the left target. For the second group, aim at the center target. For the third group, aim at the right target.

Pick any pile to start each group. Hit each ball at the assigned target.

A successful shot is when the ball stops closest to the right target area.

After all 36 shots, count the shots that stopped closest to each target.

Add your total successful shots out of 36 and enter your score in the app, out of 36 attempts.

Split 36 balls into two groups of

Put one group at the uphill slope, and one group at the downhill slope, both in deep rough 5 to 20 yards from the hole.

On the green, make three target zones side by side, each about 3 feet wide and within 10 feet of the hole. Label them Zone 1 (left), Zone 2 (center), Zone 3 (right).

From the uphill position, hit 18 flop shots. Aim 6 balls in Zone 1, 6 in Zone 2, and 6 in Zone

From the downhill position, hit 18 flop shots. Aim 6 balls in Zone 1, 6 in Zone 2, and 6 in Zone

Count each shot that stops in the right zone as a success.

Enter the number of successes in the app, out of 36 attempts.

Find a flat spot in the rough, 5 to 20 yards from the hole.

Set up three targets on the green, spaced apart for three landing zones.

Hit 36 flop shots; 12 shots at each target.

Keep ball position the same for all shots, only aim at the next target after 12 shots.

Try to land the ball softly in the target zone.

Count each shot that lands and stops in the correct zone as a success.

After 36 shots (12 per target), add up your total successful shots and enter your score in the app, out of 36 attempts.